MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Smith.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Cooper Criswell wins 0 (none); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Cooper Criswell
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Cooper Criswell
.286
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Cade Smith
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Cooper Criswell
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.08
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.32
now 1.08
1.23
Cooper Criswell
1.011.32
now 1.10
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
34
Cooper Criswell
4052.80
now 19
15
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Cooper Criswell
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Cooper Criswell
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
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